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A Walk to Remember Full Production Notes "It all comes down to who's by your side."
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 Chapter 3: The Soul, As Well As the Heart, Is StirredWhat ultimately happens to these two young people is not at all what the Reverend fears, nor what anyone else would have expected ` least of all Landon and Jamie. They fall in love.
As Landon and Jamie get to know one another, they find themselves transformed. Each opens up a world to the other. As full as Jamie's life seems to be, with school, her volunteer activities, her amateur astronomy and helping her father maintain the household, there is something important missing. For reasons of her own, she has not allowed anyone her own age to become really close to her and especially not allowed herself to fall in love.
Landon also has something missing in his life. Sure, there are friends, and things to do on Saturday nights. He's dated a few girls and maybe even thought he was in love once or twice but nothing lasted. He has no relationship with his father, who has remarried and lives nearby. Overall, Landon has made his adjustments and lowered his expectations of life as the years passed until he cannot imagine the possibility of a future that could be any different.
With Jamie, Landon is encouraged to ask questions he has never considered before and begins to grapple with the possibility of there being a power and order in the universe beyond his understanding. When she tells him "you can do anything," he begins to believe it. As they probe the night sky together through the telescope that Landon has built for his stargazing companion, his life begins to open up before him as vast with possibility as there are lights in the darkness.
The soul, as well as the heart, is stirred.
This is a story about love but, as director Adam Shankman points out, "it's also about how faith ` in ourselves and our futures -- can transform and define us and bring us truly alive. Landon comes into the story angry, lost and confused, and he lets go of all that through his love for Jamie. He attains a sense of faith ` not attached to a specific religion, but through the spirit of love, through respect, forgiveness, acceptance.
"Considering the current atmosphere in our schools," Shankman continues, "the much-publicized angst and unrest, we wanted to show that there is another way to express yourself, without negativity and self-destruction."
"For me," adds Di Novi, "it's a simple story of redemption and the power of love, told from the point of view of teenagers. I think we really need to tell stories like this about teenagers ` for teens and for adults. It's a positive message. I want this to be a movie that touches people and makes them look differently at the world, with more hope. If Landon hadn't met Jamie, his life would not have been what it was meant to be. And if we can give that gift to anyone who crosses our path, that's the most important thing."
It's also "a story of growth," offers author Nicholas Sparks, who wrote the best-selling novel from which the film was adapted. "When you first see Landon you think that maybe there's something else out there in the world he wants but he isn't sure how to get it. Then Jamie comes along and helps him undertake this journey. Hopefully, when people see this they'll not only be moved but will relate to it as well because all of life is a journey."
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